[Intro]
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Uh, yeah
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I just told myself, uh
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Yeah, uh, yeah
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[Chorus]
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Welcome to LA
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The land of opportunity where everybody stay
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The girls are pretty, the sun will shine 360 days
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But I dont always feel that way, today I need some gray
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Yeah, uh, please protect my soul before they weather it away
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The land of opportunity where everybody stay
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[Verse 1]
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Yeah
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They move out to this town with dreams, ambitions, and get lost in the party
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Takes a toll on you, man, this shit will charge a large fee
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Just dont forget who you are, G
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Staring at the man in the mirror, like I recognize him hardly
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Burn my sins away and twist some parsley
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Stop and chill, these days I do it sparsely
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In another universe I coulda had a stroller and a car seat, word
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They tell me things will happen how they supposed to
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But somehow it seems I hurt all the people I get close to
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Experiencing breakdowns a 27 goes through
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‘Cause you dont want to see heaven yet, where Janis Joplin knows you
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On phone calls with Mama like she tryin to give me a earful
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She said “This is the town that happens in so just be careful
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Been tryin to keep your head straight
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And dead-off all that bullshit, thats just dead weight”
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Yeah
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[Chorus]
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Welcome to LA
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The land of opportunity where everybody stay
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The girls are pretty, the sun will shine 360 days
~#**************#~
But I dont always feel that way, today I need some gray
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Yeah, uh, please protect my soul before they weather it away
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The land of opportunity where everybody stay
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[Verse 2]
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The whole worlds outside knocking at my door like “Gerald, where the fuck that album at?”
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But I aint home, Im on the road, the stage is where they found me at
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So my personal interests take a backseat to the business
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But I balance like a gymnast, like Simone in the Olympics
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So please pardon my tardiness, Im tryin to put my heart in this
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Give this shit my everything, every time when I start with this
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Hungry for the world, that’s why I starve for this
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Yeah, artists come and go these days its easy, theyre not hard to miss
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Here today, gone tomorrow, they fade into a dark abyss
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Hollywood sold you a dream, like how the fuck you fall for this?
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Have to know yourself or you just really gon get lost in this, sauce
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I really paid the cost to be a boss
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I paid in cash and skipped the tax, aint asked for no receipt
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When I get stressed I play the beat and split a Swisher Sweet
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Damn, yeah, uh
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[Chorus]
~#**************#~
Welcome to LA
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The land of opportunity where everybody stay
~#**************#~
The girls are pretty, the sun will shine 360 days
~#**************#~
But I dont always feel that way, today I need some gray
~#**************#~
Yeah, uh, please protect my soul before they weather it away
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The land of opportunity, yeah, uh
